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Lynne Meyerkord has been working at the AIDS project of the Ozarks, or APO, in Springfield for 37 years and is now the Executive Director.The organization was created in the early days of the AIDS epidemic to help people suffering from HIV and AIDS. She spoke about how HIV has changed in the nearly 40 years she’s been working in the field.

Today — Tuesday, August 6 — is Missouri’s primary election — but at the upcoming November 5 general election, voters in the state's third-largest city will also decide on a ¾-cent sales tax proposal.

A mobile clinic is on a Missouri road trip offering free vasectomies this week. The trailer stopped Thursday in St. Louis and also will visit clinics in Springfield and Rolla.

Regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom, including:Missouri Health Department Finds Unreported DeathsSpringfield Extends Mask Ordinance to AprilCPS…

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The city of Springfield is extending its mask requirement until April 9, citing the fast-rising number of hospitalizations and deaths…

The head of a Missouri-based hotel chain that has 35 properties in 16 states said her company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over the weekend so it could…

A Springfield businessman has pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing him of trying to avoid financial reporting laws by making frequent bank…

A federal agency has found that a storage tank manufacturer is continuing to expose workers to hazardous levels of a chemical than can cause lung cancer…

SPRINGFIELD - An informal inquiry triggered by a complaint against the highest-ranking Hispanic official at Missouri State University is over.The…

REPUBLIC - Police say that a man accused of crashing into several southwest Missouri building and hitting an officer with his car has died after the…